Sept. 16 Webinar: Winds of Change: Off-Shore Wind and the Social Sciences
Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir
This series of webinars is organized by Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir and Caitlin Cleaver (Bates College, Maine), Alison Bates (Colby College, Maine) and Joshua Stoll and Theresa Burnham (University of Maine, Orono) and brings together leading researchers to discuss and identify key social science perspectives on this energy transition.
Designed primarily for an academic audience, each webinar will be led by two speakers, who will talk for about 15 minutes each, after which we open the floor for questions and comments.
Registration is required, please do so here. You will receive the Zoom link for the event once you register. Please note that we are recording this series.
If you would like a recording of our webinar on September 2, which featured Claire Haggett (University of Edinburgh) and Leslie Mabon (Open University), please email the organizer below.
Speakers on September 16th will be:
- Amelia Moore, Associate Professor, Department of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
- Title: Responsible Offshore Wind?: possibilities for a more just transition
- Alison Bates, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, Colby College, Maine
- Title: Conflict and Coexistence: Lessons Learned from Coastal Community Experiences with Offshore Wind
Future dates and speakers:
October 14 @ noon EDT
- David Bidwell, Associate Professor, Department of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
- Kathryn Ford, Chief, Population and Ecosystem Monitoring and Analysis Division, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA)
October 28 @ noon EDT
- Theresa Goedeke, Laboratory Director, Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA)
- Laurie Richmond (with Ciara Emery). Laurie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science & Management, Humboldt State University.
November 11 @ noon EST
- Jan van Tatenhove, Distinguished Professor AAU, Head of Centre for Blue Governance, Department of Planning and Center for Blue Governance, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Susana Batel, Researcher at the Center for Psychological Research and Social Intervention (CIS), University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal
